Co-sponsor: West Coast Poverty Center

Brian McCabe, Associate Professor of Sociology, Georgetown University

This week, Brian McCabe discusses the impact of Seattle’s Democracy Voucher program for residents and local elections. The Democracy Voucher program in Seattle was designed to broaden representation in the campaign finance system and expand participation from marginalized communities.

For those interested in using biological data in social and behavioral science research, consider joining our working group. We aim to provide a venue for informal discussions of practical and theoretical issues associated with collecting and using biomarker data, and to offer opportunities to discuss early-stage research ideas or present preliminary results. This working group is open to all students, faculty, and staff. All meetings are from 12:30 – 2pm in 114 Raitt Hall. Please contact organizer Ellie Brindle (ebrindle@uw.edu) for more information.

Three books authored by CSDE affiliates were featured in the Russell Sage Foundation Press Spring 2018 Catalog:

• Kyle Crowder, Professor of Sociology, and Maria Krysan: Cycle of Segregation: Social Processes and Residential Stratification
• Alexes Harris, Professor of Sociology: A Pound of Flesh: Monetary Sanctions as Punishment for the Poor
• Charles Hirschman, Professor Emeritus of Sociology:  From High School to College: Gender, Immigrant Generation, and Race-Ethnicity

A study by affiliate Donald Chi, Associate Professor of Oral Health Sciences, and colleagues that explores the role that treatment by Dental Therapists plays in dental health outcomes in Alaska Native communities in the Yukon Kuskokwim (YK) Delta was recently published in the Journal of Public Health Dentistry. 

Affiliate Scott Allard, Professor at the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, was cited in a recent Washington Post article addressing the increasing inability of suburban health services to meet the high demand for health care in suburban areas, many of which have residents living in poverty.